﻿ADDITIONS 
  TO 
  THE 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  DURING 
  THE 
  YEAR 
  1876. 
  

  

  I. 
  ZOOLOGICAL. 
  

  

  I. 
  By 
  Donation. 
  

  

  A 
  green 
  snake 
  — 
  CyclopMs 
  vernalis 
  (De 
  Kay), 
  found 
  beneath 
  

   timber, 
  in 
  July, 
  coiled 
  around 
  five 
  of 
  her 
  eggs, 
  From 
  % 
  

  

  An 
  albino 
  rat, 
  from 
  W. 
  C. 
  Johnson, 
  Newburyport, 
  Mass. 
  

  

  A 
  barred 
  owl 
  — 
  Syrnium 
  nebulosum 
  (Forst.), 
  taken 
  in 
  Water- 
  

   vliet, 
  Albany 
  county, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  Oct. 
  26th. 
  From 
  Thomas 
  H. 
  

   Ham, 
  Albany, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  A 
  night 
  heron 
  — 
  Nyctiardea 
  Oardeni 
  (Gmel.) 
  = 
  Ardea 
  discors 
  

   of 
  DeKay. 
  From 
  M. 
  B. 
  Planck, 
  M. 
  D., 
  Schenectady, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  A 
  Cecropia 
  moth 
  — 
  JSamia 
  Cecropia 
  (Linn.), 
  from 
  S. 
  B. 
  Wool- 
  

   worth, 
  LL. 
  D., 
  Albany, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  A 
  Cecropia 
  moth, 
  from 
  William 
  Russell, 
  Albany, 
  EL 
  Y. 
  

  

  Nineteen 
  species 
  of 
  Mollusca 
  collected 
  at 
  Peconic 
  Bay, 
  L. 
  I. 
  

   (17), 
  and 
  (2) 
  at 
  Lake 
  Minisink, 
  L. 
  I., 
  by 
  George 
  R. 
  Howell, 
  

   N. 
  Y. 
  State 
  Library. 
  

  

  Ensatella 
  Americana 
  (Gould). 
  Banella 
  caudata 
  Say. 
  

  

  Mya 
  arenaria 
  Linn. 
  Pandora 
  trilineata 
  Say. 
  

  

  Mactra 
  solidissima 
  Chemn. 
  Buccinum 
  plicosum 
  Menke. 
  

  

  Venus 
  mercenaria 
  Linn. 
  Nassa 
  obsoleta 
  Say. 
  

  

  Lozmcardium 
  Mortoni 
  Conr. 
  Busy 
  con 
  carica 
  (Gmel.). 
  

  

  Astarte 
  castanea 
  Say. 
  Lunatia 
  triseriata 
  Say. 
  

  

  Anodonta 
  flumatilis 
  Dill. 
  Crepidula 
  fornicata 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Mytilus 
  edulis 
  (Linn.). 
  Crepidula 
  plana 
  Say. 
  

  

  Pecten 
  ir 
  radians 
  Lam. 
  Melampus 
  bidentata 
  Say. 
  

   Anomia 
  glabra 
  Verrill. 
  

  

  